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I’ve been saying big studio executives need to stop giving M. Night Shyamalan, a Willistown resident, hundreds of millions of dollars to make films. He’s not good at that. The man needs budgetary restraint. His best have been small films on lean budgets with great actors. This is the guy who made a terrifying alien movie with extraterrestrial on-screen time totaling in at 90 seconds. Most of “Signs” took place in rickety Pennsylvania farmhouse and he used WATER as a major plot device. That’s pretty lean.

His latest feature is called “The Visit”, and like his other great talkies it was filmed in and around Chester County. According to Wikipedia, “on February 24, 2014, filming was underway with the title Sundowning at different locations in Pennsylvania, including Royersford, Chester Springs and Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.” The budget? A paltry $5 million dollars–all M. Night’s own money. The movie’s script, production and direction are his own as well.

Check out the trailer below; according to which, M. Night has not made a movie since The Village.

The New York Times is reporting that the movie, sporting one of Shyamalan’s signature plot twists, has been a hit with sneak-preview audiences. “The Visit” hits theaters nationwide September 11th.